Twitter Saves a "Blind" Cat's Life

A Twitter message and a compassionate vet save a cat's life.

Dr. Michelle M. Brownstein, a vet in Rochester, New York, saw a desperate Twitter message about a black and white blind cat named Nick who was to be euthanized the next day.

The message included a picture of 12-year-old Nick on death row in a New York City shelter and it melted Brownstein's heart.

"There was something about his face, his posture," Brownstein told Democrat and Chronicle. "It just got to me. The cat had absolutely no hope."

And so Brownstein posted on the Pets on Death Row Facebook page:

I will take Nick.. I own Henrietta Animal Hospital in Rochester, NY. www.henriettahosp.com just need someone to bring him up here.

Mick in his new home.

There are thousands of cats at shelters desperate for a home. And this holiday season one lucky cat named Nick, renamed Mick, has a happy home.

And more good news, it was discovered Mick is not blind, he had cataracts.

Read more here in the Democrat and Chronicle the newspaper that broke this story about the remarkable people who helped saved Mick and got him to his special home.

In an amazing turnabout, you can follow Mick's new life here on Twitter. The very technology that saved his life.